Does Math Matter?

Does math really teach you how to think, or is that just what teachers tell you so you’ll study your integrals? In this live interview from the Aspen Ideas Festival, Ira asks mathematicians and educators Jo Boaler, Steve Strogatz, and Jordan Ellenberg if there’s a better way to learn math, and whether it might be time to revamp the age-old curriculum.

Segment Guests

Jo Boaler

Jo Boaler is the co-founder of YouCubed.org and author of What’s Math Got To Do With It? (Penguin, 2015). She’s also a professor of mathematics education at Stanford University in Stanford, California.